• 'My Last Duchess': - It is a famous poem written by Robert Browning. • Victorian Period এর বিখ্যাত সাহিত্যিক Robert Browning রচিত Rhyming couplets এ লেখা এটি ৫৬ লাইনের একটি কবিতা। - ১৮৪২ সালে এটি Browning এর Dramatic Lyrics এর অন্তর্ভুক্ত হয়ে প্রকাশিত হয়। - Duke of Ferrara is the speaker of the poem 'My Last Duchess.' - এটি রবার্ট ব্রাউনিং রচিত অন্যতম শ্রেষ্ঠ Dramatic Monolouge. - The poem’s narrator is the duke of Ferrara, who comments dispassionately on the portrait of his late wife hanging on the wall, remarking on the duchess’s innocence and character.
• Robert Browning: (1812-89) - One of the major English poets of the Victorian age, noted for his mastery of dramatic -monologue and psychological portraiture. - He is famous for his dramatic monologues. So, he is often called the father of dramatic monologue. - His wife Elizabeth Barrett was also a poet of that time.
• Notable Works: • Books of poems: - Men and Women; - Dramatic Lyrics; - The Ring of the Book.
• Other Poems: - Bishop Blougram’s Apology; - Christmas-Eve and Easter-Day; - Dramatis Personae; - Fra Lippo Lippi; - Men and Women; - My Last Duchess - Andrea Del Sarto, etc.